megalocephaly

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M0199100 (mĕg′ə-lō-sĕf′ə-lē)n. pl. meg·a·lo·ceph·a·lies See macrocephaly.

meg′a·lo·ce·phal′ic (-sə-făl′ĭk), meg′a·lo·ceph′a·lous (-sĕf′ə-ləs) adj.

megalocephaly

(ˌmɛɡələʊˈsɛfəlɪ) n (Pathology) another word for megacephaly

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megalocephaly - an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetricalmacrocephaly, megacephalyabnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies

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megalocephaly

[meg″ah-lo-sef´ah-le] abnormally increased size of the head; called also macrocephaly. adj., adj megalocephal´ic.

meg·a·ceph·a·ly

(meg'ă-sef'ă-lē), A condition, either congenital or acquired, in which the head is abnormally large; usually applied to an adult cranium with a capacity of over 1450 mL. Synonym(s): leontiasis ossea, macrocephaly, macrocephalia, megacephalia, megalocephaly, megalocephalia, Virchow disease [mega- + G. kephalē, head]

megalocephaly

(mĕg′ə-lō-sĕf′ə-lē)n. pl. megalocepha·lies See macrocephaly.

meg′a·lo·ce·phal′ic (-sə-făl′ĭk), meg′a·lo·ceph′a·lous (-sĕf′ə-ləs) adj.

macrocephaly

An abnormally large head and/or brain; in children, macrocephaly is defined as an occipitofrontal circumference of > 3 SD ≥ the mean.
DiffDx—non-hydrocephalic causes of macrocephaly
Benign familial form (siblings also have large heads), achondroplasia, Banayan syndrome, cerebral gigantism (with macrosomia or Sotos syndrome), cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita, fragile X syndrome, Klippel-Trenauny-Weber syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis, neurofibromatosis, Weaver syndrome.

megalocephaly

Big-headedness; macrocephaly is in wider use

meg·a·ceph·a·ly

(meg'ă-sef'ă-lē) A condition, either congenital or acquired, in which the head is abnormally large; usually applied to an adult cranium with a capacity of over 1450 mL.
Synonym(s): macrocephaly, macrocephalia, megalocephaly, megalocephalia. [mega- + G. kephalē, head]

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noun an abnormally large head

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